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Have you looked at the IO.SYS thread? Scattered throughout are several additional Fixes for GT 1GiB Including Safe Mode and Phantom Hard Drives (I consider part of the Large HDD fixes). Find my posts as well (currently using all of them).

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Have you looked at the IO.SYS thread? Scattered throughout are several additional Fixes for GT 1GiB Including Safe Mode and Phantom Hard Drives (I consider part of the Large HDD fixes). Find my posts as well (currently using all of them).

The 1GiB RAM Safe Mode Workaround Patch for IO.SYS has been supplanted by others on this forum by editing SYSTEM.CB

In any case, the Patch would disable the functionality of my RAM Limitation Patch, which is used by a number of Forum members.

The Phantom Hard Drive issue is not related to the Large HDD fixes. They are entirely different issues.

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However, the last post I had placed indicated FREE fixes, including the said thread's IO.SYS patch and the SYSTEM.CB change, including the Large HDD patches.

Since the combination of System.INI, System.CB, LLXX Patch (included in BHDD31, which also uses ME files and some patched files), and the said IO.SYS Patch worked for me, I suggested it. As far as "Not Free" patches there could be a "Warning" and make any FREE patches Optional to ensure that "Not Free" would still function.

The 98SE Service Pack is, after all, FREE and it has been indicated that many options are OPTIONAL.

Sorry to bust your chops on this ( I do like and respect you)... Many folks DO use your patches BUT some just don't have the funds. Please look again at the "WOOHOO" post I made.

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However, the last post I had placed indicated FREE fixes, including the said thread's IO.SYS patch and the SYSTEM.CB change, including the Large HDD patches.

Since the combination of System.INI, System.CB, LLXX Patch (included in BHDD31, which also uses ME files and some patched files), and the said IO.SYS Patch worked for me, I suggested it. As far as "Not Free" patches there could be a "Warning" and make any FREE patches Optional to ensure that "Not Free" would still function.

The 98SE Service Pack is, after all, FREE and it has been indicated that many options are OPTIONAL.

Sorry to bust your chops on this ( I do like and respect you)... Many folks DO use your patches BUT some just don't have the funds. Please look again at the "WOOHOO" post I made.

Really? I hate to argue about this but I never cease to be amazed at how many people complain about spending $21 bucks.

It costs more than that to buy one meal for two at a sit-down restaurant, more than that to buy one tank of gas, more than that to buy one month of prepaid cell phone service... and the list goes on.

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Since the combination of System.INI, System.CB, LLXX Patch (included in BHDD31, which also uses ME files and some patched files), and the said IO.SYS Patch worked for me, I suggested it. As far as "Not Free" patches there could be a "Warning" and make any FREE patches Optional to ensure that "Not Free" would still function.

The SYSTEM.CB settings combined with the SYSTEM.INI settings accomplishes the same result as the problematic IO.SYS Patch, for FREE, so changing IO.SYS is unnecessary.

This would prevent problems for people who can afford the improved performance my "Not Free" Patch provides. They would simply not make the SYSTEM.INI or SYSTEM.CB changes.

Making FREE Patches Optional would require multiple copies of IO.SYS to choose which Patches are installed if the 1GB Patch is included, since people would still want my Phantom Drive Patch whether they are using my RAM Limitation Patch or not.